From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Ryō Ikebe 11 February 1918 8 October 2010 was a Japanese actor He graduated from Rikkyō University and originally wanted to be a screenwriter but ended up debuting as an actor at Tōhō in 1941 He did not achieve popularity until starring in a series of youth films in the late 1940s He expanded his acting range in the 1950s while still frequently appearing in genre films such as Tōhō tokusatsu films and yakuza films at Tōei He was also known as an essayist Description above from the Wikipedia article Ryō Ikebe licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia